We’ve been sold the same message for decades:
“Get strong. Do cardio. Stretch more. Eat clean.”
All good advice—but here’s what most adults never hear:
“You need to develop your coordination.”
That’s right—coordination is one of the most important, neglected, and trainable physical traits for adults over 30.
And it’s the key to what we call Movement IQ—your ability to move confidently, efficiently, and skillfully through life.
🤔 Why Does Coordination Matter After 30?
As we age, we start to lose not just strength and flexibility—but also rhythm, precision, and motor control.
- Balance falters.
- Timing gets sloppy.
- Movements feel stiff or clumsy.
- Confidence drops.
This is often misdiagnosed as “just getting older”—but in truth, it’s a loss of coordination due to neglect.
The good news?
It can be rebuilt.
🧠 Movement IQ: Your Neuromuscular Literacy
At Aruka, we define Movement IQ as your ability to:
- Learn and retain new movement patterns
- Adapt your body in real time
- React to external cues
- Express movement with rhythm, control, and flow
- Combine cognitive function with motor skill
You don’t need to be an athlete to have Movement IQ.
But without it—you become stiff, unsure, and injury-prone.
🔄 Why Traditional Training Doesn’t Fix This
The average adult’s training plan looks something like this:
- Treadmill or bike
- Resistance machines
- Static stretching
- Maybe some yoga or a bootcamp class
What’s missing?
- Multi-planar movement
- Reactive drills
- Novel coordination challenges
- Locomotor skill practice (skip, hop, throw, catch, etc.)
- Brain-body integration
That’s why people “work out” for years and still feel awkward when they move.
Fitness alone doesn’t build movement intelligence.
Skill training does.
🎯 Aruka Recode: Coordination for the 30+ Population
We created the Aruka Recode Coordination Series specifically for adults who:
- Want to feel more graceful and confident
- Have done “fitness” but never learned real movement
- Struggle with balance, agility, or fluidity
- Want to preserve brain health and motor control for the long haul
Each level of the Coordination Series targets:
- Balance
- Visual Tracking
- Spatial Awareness
- Body Synchronization
- Reaction Time
- Kinesthetic Differentiation
- Rhythm
And it does it all through movement—not machines.
🧱 What Coordination Training Looks Like
You won’t find these drills in a typical gym class. We focus on:
- Pogo jumps forward/backward and lateral
- Hopping sequences with pattern recall
- Throwing and catching at different heights and tempos
- Skipping + visual cue reaction
- Rhythm ladders with callouts
- Dual-task drills combining movement and math/language
Why?
Because they challenge both the muscular and neural systems—simultaneously.
The result?
Adults begin to move with more freedom, flow, and control.
They don’t just feel younger—they move younger.
🧬 The Neuroplasticity Factor
Coordination training taps into something powerful: neuroplasticity.
Your brain’s ability to form new connections doesn’t disappear after 30—but it does require novelty and focused movement.
That’s exactly what Movement IQ work provides.
- It sharpens your reflexes.
- It builds new motor maps.
- It strengthens your central nervous system.
- It improves your attention, memory, and processing speed.
This is how we age well—not just survive aging.
💥 Real-Life Outcomes
After just a few weeks of focused Movement IQ training, I’ve seen:
- Former athletes regain lost fluidity
- Sedentary adults gain surprising agility
- Older adults reduce fall risk and stiffness
- Coaches and therapists re-engage clients who were bored with fitness
This isn’t just about physical performance.
It’s about confidence, adaptability, and longevity.
🛠️ What We’re Offering
We’re building out full Recode Movement IQ Programs that will:
- Include Movement IQ Screens
- Provide 3-tiered progressions for Coordination Development
- Include video tutorials and guided sessions
- Offer integration options with MyPlans, Motion Therapy, or Restoration Blueprints
It’s not just a class—it’s a recoding of your body’s operating system.
🔁 Redefining Adult Performance
Coordination isn’t just for kids or athletes.
It’s for anyone who wants to move with rhythm, react with clarity, and age with purpose.
Let’s stop ignoring the missing link.
Let’s rebuild the skills that help us live fully—and move freely.
—Coach J
Kent Johnston
